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we're back with dan henninger, mary anastasia o'grady and dan moore. mary explain the slow growth and the markets. >> if respect to the markets, i would say if you look at a chart for, for example, the s&p 500, you go back to april of 2011 to october of 2012. you're basically flat. there's a lot of churning up and down, but in the last months a pickup there and certainly, from the end of -- from the beginning of this year we saw a run on the market, but you don't have a great return if you're a long-term investor. >> paul: right, so, okay, if growth is still slow, okay, why are-- and some people are still investing in companies and the corporate balance sheets earnings have been pretty good, you know, they've cleaned out a lot of the debt from the crisis. could we be poised here for faster growth going forward? >> well, i think one of the things that explains why the corporate sector is doing well is because they basically have access to money at zero interest rates. that's not true for the broader population and not true for a lot of small businesses,
we're back with dan henninger, mary anastasia o'grady and dan moore. mary explain the slow growth and the markets. >> if respect to the markets, i would say if you look at a chart for, for example, the s&p 500, you go back to april of 2011 to october of 2012. you're basically flat. there's a lot of churning up and down, but in the last months a pickup there and certainly, from the end of -- from the beginning of this year we saw a run on the market, but you don't have a great return...
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we are back with dan and mary and steve moore. mary, explain this seeming contridiction between slow growth and buoyant markets. >> first of all with respect to the markets, i would say that if you look at a chart of for example, if you go back to say april of 2011 until october of 2012, you arke basically flat. there has been a lot of churning up and down. the s&p 500 index was a lot higher. in the last few months we have seen a little pick up there. certainly from the end of -- from the beginning of this year you saw a run in the market. you don't have a great return if you are a long-term investor. >> okay. but if growth is still slow, and some people are still investing in p cs. the corporate balance sheet earnings have been pretty good. they have cleaned out a lot of the debt from the crisis. could we be poised here for faster growth going forward? >> i think one of the things that explains why the corporate sector is doing well is they have access to money at 0 interest rates. that's not true for the broader population and n
we are back with dan and mary and steve moore. mary, explain this seeming contridiction between slow growth and buoyant markets. >> first of all with respect to the markets, i would say that if you look at a chart of for example, if you go back to say april of 2011 until october of 2012, you arke basically flat. there has been a lot of churning up and down. the s&p 500 index was a lot higher. in the last few months we have seen a little pick up there. certainly from the end of -- from...
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let's bring in tim and dan greenhouse. dan, i guess you can do a victory lap on this. maybe it is a period victory. from day one you have said we are going to go over that cliff. >> this is certainly not a victory lap we wanted to take, but i like to say that our analysis was rooted in what i would call reality. and reality has played out sort of basically as we foresaw it. the problem now, of course, is the conversation turns to not whether or not you're going over the cliff, it appears that we are, but how long are we off of the cliff. that's where the real economic and stock market damage may arise. >> how bad do you think that reality is going to be, dan? >> that's a lot harder. i think absent a market shock to spur policy makers into action, it's hard to see where the urgency comes from. to the extent that the white house and treasury can delay federal withholding tables, the average taxpayer is not going to see anything meaningfully different in their paycheck other than a 2% payroll tax. there isn't going to be an immediate hit that would lead to the types of ca
let's bring in tim and dan greenhouse. dan, i guess you can do a victory lap on this. maybe it is a period victory. from day one you have said we are going to go over that cliff. >> this is certainly not a victory lap we wanted to take, but i like to say that our analysis was rooted in what i would call reality. and reality has played out sort of basically as we foresaw it. the problem now, of course, is the conversation turns to not whether or not you're going over the cliff, it appears...
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dan lost his wife and his niece lost her husband. the christmas season is so very special to this close-knit family. >> just means a lot. he lost his wife a few months before i lost my husband. and, like he said, god, god works in mysterious ways. we have our little family here that he put together. >> you don't look at it as a disability or a handicap. with god everything is possible. so i took my time and, started hanging lights. gregg: that is ron savage from our affiliate j.b. k in detroit. what a wonderful guy. heather: you were out hanging christmas lights yourself. gregg: i surely was. but i have all my limbs. so easy thing for me to do. i don't know how he did some of that. that is pretty remarkable. good for him. thoughtful guy. heather: the growing debate on gun control getting red hot and the head of the nra stands his ground on how to protect schools across the country. we'll have the latest on this developing story coming up. >> if it's crazy to call for putting police and armed security in our schools to protect our chi
dan lost his wife and his niece lost her husband. the christmas season is so very special to this close-knit family. >> just means a lot. he lost his wife a few months before i lost my husband. and, like he said, god, god works in mysterious ways. we have our little family here that he put together. >> you don't look at it as a disability or a handicap. with god everything is possible. so i took my time and, started hanging lights. gregg: that is ron savage from our affiliate j.b. k...
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host: dan friedman? guest: the president proposed an aid package that is pretty much the same as the one the senate passed, with some amendments. i think the president and congress are the ones spending the money. funds.s appropriate ss can criticize or praise them together for this package. we will see if the house does pick it up in the next few days. host: next up is mary lou on the line for independents. caller: i watched the special program they had with the rock stars about two weeks ago. i did give money for it. i have never heard how much they made. they must have made a lot of money. it was on from 8:00 until midnight or something. i have not heard a word about it since then. they should have made a few million dollars anyway. do you know what happened to that? that is my question. host: when you are watching a concert, who was your favorite art? caller: bruce springsteen. mick jagger is certainly a character. host: do efforts like that concert, does that increase the need -- does it show there
host: dan friedman? guest: the president proposed an aid package that is pretty much the same as the one the senate passed, with some amendments. i think the president and congress are the ones spending the money. funds.s appropriate ss can criticize or praise them together for this package. we will see if the house does pick it up in the next few days. host: next up is mary lou on the line for independents. caller: i watched the special program they had with the rock stars about two weeks ago....
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>> yeah, we are working together with dan's family. we're all working closely. this is a nationwide response. we're looking across the country for dan and the kids to bring them home safely. and your mom and your uncles and your family out west are fully participating. >> this is a facebook page. what is it? >> this is a facebook page we started yesterday. >> what is the address? >> help find ben and henry cleary. and there is over 6,000 hits today. this is where we're posting all the updates. we're on it 24 hours a day, posting updates, new pictures and clues about where they might be. and there is also a twitter. and i believe -- is that up? >> do you know the address? i'll make sure, i put it out on twitter, as well, and i'll put it on facebook, as well, all right? >> and i'll give the twitter address, in just a second. >> so dan, it is palpable, everyone here in the studio can feel it. this mother is in pain. bring the kids home. just do the right thing, man. good luck. >> thank you very much. >> god bless you, all right, and come back and we'll talk about t
>> yeah, we are working together with dan's family. we're all working closely. this is a nationwide response. we're looking across the country for dan and the kids to bring them home safely. and your mom and your uncles and your family out west are fully participating. >> this is a facebook page. what is it? >> this is a facebook page we started yesterday. >> what is the address? >> help find ben and henry cleary. and there is over 6,000 hits today. this is where...
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first, dan burton has been a member of the u.s. house for 30 years. and then north dakota democrat kent conrad that is leaving the senate after five terms. we spoke with them about how things have changed on capitol hill since they were elected. and join us tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. on tomorrow morning's washington journal, we ask business owners to call and and ask about the fiscal cliff. and we talked to the chief economist, lawrence yun. and discussions about the fiscal cliff negotiations as congress returns to washington. and later, a discussion on background checks, how they work, and when they are required. washington journal is live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. columnist in a news analyst talks about the relationship with religion and american politics. he was introduced by the former missouri senator and ambassador to the united nations and john danforth. from washington university, this is an hour-and-a-half. >> finally, it is my honor to introduce senator john danforth, who will introduce mr. will. the senator is a partner w
first, dan burton has been a member of the u.s. house for 30 years. and then north dakota democrat kent conrad that is leaving the senate after five terms. we spoke with them about how things have changed on capitol hill since they were elected. and join us tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. on tomorrow morning's washington journal, we ask business owners to call and and ask about the fiscal cliff. and we talked to the chief economist, lawrence yun. and discussions about the fiscal cliff...
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more of dan brown's tail. michelle spends much of his day correcting the false hoods with a less than divine image of jesus christ. >> if you believe what is in the book and they are quite surprised to discover at least what it says about this church. >> up next bethlehem takes a look at the town and the church of the nativity. >> we are on a hillside over looking what was a little town when jesus was born there. bethlehem is under palestinian control because of the violence of the last few years visitors are staying away even at christmas. >> in all of the holy land heal bethlehem is considered one of the hole list places by christians jews and muslims. jews come here to pray at rachel's tomb judaism's third holiest site. rachel was the beloved wife of jacob the third patriarch she died in child birth. muslims also reveer bethlehem. they believe the prophet mohammed stopped here escorted by gabriel on a visit the birth place of jesus. >> of course for christians bethlehem the city of king david is the birth p
more of dan brown's tail. michelle spends much of his day correcting the false hoods with a less than divine image of jesus christ. >> if you believe what is in the book and they are quite surprised to discover at least what it says about this church. >> up next bethlehem takes a look at the town and the church of the nativity. >> we are on a hillside over looking what was a little town when jesus was born there. bethlehem is under palestinian control because of the violence...
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victim of america's notorious rendition program let's get the update on the washington correspondent dan if you can either get it's alarming what i've read out there what more do we know about this. well kevin twenty three year old mahdi ha she has appeared before us federal court to face charges of terrorism how she was stripped of his british citizenship as you said earlier this summer over accusations of his involvement with islamist extremists at the time here and these family tried to contest that decision they claim that m i five threatened to label them islamic extremists if they refuse to become informants for british intelligence and spying on their muslim community complain to the investigative powers tribunals the body which oversees m i five you also spoke to the media but nothing really came out of those efforts shortly after his citizenship was revoked he went missing in modish will somalia one of our reporters spoke with his parents several months ago when they had no idea where their son was and they were very worried about him apparently all this time he had been in u.s.
victim of america's notorious rendition program let's get the update on the washington correspondent dan if you can either get it's alarming what i've read out there what more do we know about this. well kevin twenty three year old mahdi ha she has appeared before us federal court to face charges of terrorism how she was stripped of his british citizenship as you said earlier this summer over accusations of his involvement with islamist extremists at the time here and these family tried to...
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i think depending on economics, and that will be dan -- dan's will but hospitals will be more dependent on economics. >> managed care gets $30 million now? >> $30 million in 2014. we may drift for a while in managed care before we get to '14. and pharma is all about drugs, new drugs, new profits. >> right. do you macro look at the obama care taxes as being a headwind? >> sure. it's 3.8% on not marginal income tax rates. it's unearned income. but whether it's medical device tax, a question i was going to have for les is whether he sees any delays. do you see any delays in any of the implementations of these. obviously whether it's in minnesota with respect to the medical device tax, senators are talking about delaying implementation until they study this further. do you see that happening? >> seems unlikely. i mean, i know as an ex-minnesotan that they would love to see this tax go away. i'm not sure that that's in the cards. i think it's a fait accompli. it will take longer than people think leading to chaos. in 2014, states that don't expand to medicaid, it's going to leave people in t
i think depending on economics, and that will be dan -- dan's will but hospitals will be more dependent on economics. >> managed care gets $30 million now? >> $30 million in 2014. we may drift for a while in managed care before we get to '14. and pharma is all about drugs, new drugs, new profits. >> right. do you macro look at the obama care taxes as being a headwind? >> sure. it's 3.8% on not marginal income tax rates. it's unearned income. but whether it's medical...
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dan on the phone from massachusetts. caller: thank you for taking my call. i would like to know how many millionaires there are in this country versus the number of people who make $250,000 and less. i think that's where the argument can bw won e won. john boehner is making a calculation and i think that is a poor population. we should roll back the reagan tax cuts. tax cuts do not work. the bush tax cuts have been designed to be temporary. we have had no job growth due to the tax cuts. forbusinesses on the hook reinvesting their profits back into the businesses. thank you for taking my call. host: the story from "the washington times." host: other candidates that have been mentioned include the attorney general in massachusetts. he ran against scott brown and loss. congressman stephen lynch. name out of contention is ted kennedy, jr. he will not seek the seat. he was speculated to seek the seat of his late father. the decision to buck the dying inouye. senator daniel in a the swearing-in took place yesterday with joe biden. brian schatz becomes the senior s
dan on the phone from massachusetts. caller: thank you for taking my call. i would like to know how many millionaires there are in this country versus the number of people who make $250,000 and less. i think that's where the argument can bw won e won. john boehner is making a calculation and i think that is a poor population. we should roll back the reagan tax cuts. tax cuts do not work. the bush tax cuts have been designed to be temporary. we have had no job growth due to the tax cuts....
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host: for those listening on c-span radio, we're talking with dan, a financial communications national director with corviss communications, and also a columnist for roll call and former staffer for a number of democratic members in the house and senate. and joshua gordon, concord coalition policy director. we're taking your calls and tweets and e-mails. up next, she willy from minnesota on the republican line. good morning. caller: good morning. i think some of the major problems that we have is we keep electing senators and congressmen who are not economists. so who really know nothing about the economy but know a lot about the legal fin angling that lawyers do. making more policy to fix policies that end up causing more problems in the first place. that's number one. number two, we have so many in the media columnists, any news people, a number of those who are also not economists. they're not really understanding the issues at the core. and we do have a spending problem. and until we really come to grapple with that and we don't educate the people the spending is indeed the problem
host: for those listening on c-span radio, we're talking with dan, a financial communications national director with corviss communications, and also a columnist for roll call and former staffer for a number of democratic members in the house and senate. and joshua gordon, concord coalition policy director. we're taking your calls and tweets and e-mails. up next, she willy from minnesota on the republican line. good morning. caller: good morning. i think some of the major problems that we have...
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. >> dan burton is retiring from congress. he talked with c-span about his past investigations of the clinton investigation and the oversight role of congress. this is 30 minutes. >> how would you say the state is? >> it has changed a great deal. it is not the same as when i came 1983. there seemed to be more comedy. tip o'neill was speaker. i will never forget he was the first time he was on the floor raising cane with democrats. and he came down and started giving me the dickens. after that we became very good friends and played golf together. bob michael was a wonderful leader. there was a spirit of camaraderie even though we had differences politically then that we do not have now. now it is much more combative. i have a lot of friends on the democratic side of the aisle, very good friends. as far as working things out is not as easy as it used to be. >> what are some of the root causes? >> i think and i am not pointing fingers, when we went after jim wright, newt was the speaker and jim was forced out of office. they went
. >> dan burton is retiring from congress. he talked with c-span about his past investigations of the clinton investigation and the oversight role of congress. this is 30 minutes. >> how would you say the state is? >> it has changed a great deal. it is not the same as when i came 1983. there seemed to be more comedy. tip o'neill was speaker. i will never forget he was the first time he was on the floor raising cane with democrats. and he came down and started giving me the...
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i'm cheryl jennings. >> and i'm dan ashley. if you saved new tab blet computer, remember, you can be connected with abc 7 news all the time tlur ou apps. >> our abc 7 news app available for all of the devices as well as ipad. >> thank you for being here, stay tuned. abc 7 news at 5:00 gib begins right now. >> emergency repairs on a leaking peninsula levy what. is being done to protect a neighborhood from flooding and faces another problem. >> an avalanche tle. a warning for skiers after two deaths on the slopes. >> i'm sandhya patel. live doppler 7 tracking just isolated showers now. when you'll get a chance to dry out, and what your new year's eve is looking like, coming up. >> good evening. we have live coverage of what the storm has left behind. abc 7 news is live in east palo alto keeping an eye on repairs at the creek. >> first, abc 7 with a quick look at live doppler 7 hd. >> yes. activity is dying down. i'm going to show you where we're seeing showers. really it's east of san jose. looking at the moisture here, it's in t
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earlier i said to dan and bianna, i said, geez, oh, pete. i got it a good old midwestern -- eastern oklahoma, some are over a foot of snow on christmas eve and christmas day. then you look into, and that's mostly christmas day, but watch this. as it moves, wednesday, ice up in the new england rain here and it exits thursday into friday but that's when all the people are traveling. so we will keep an eye on it and more on the nation's weather coming up. >> ginger, i know you're excited about the weather when you say geez, oh, pete. i had to look it up online. it translates roughly into wow. >> that's it. >> learning about my midwest vernacular. >>> on to the shopping front. we are genuinely down to the wire. two days left and this big question, where is the best place to shop? abc's rachel smith is on the front lines joining us with advice. good morning to you. >> reporter: oh, yes, on the front lines indeed, dan, good morning, everyone. it's the final stretch, two days until christmas. if you're a last-minute shopper, of course, you know you
earlier i said to dan and bianna, i said, geez, oh, pete. i got it a good old midwestern -- eastern oklahoma, some are over a foot of snow on christmas eve and christmas day. then you look into, and that's mostly christmas day, but watch this. as it moves, wednesday, ice up in the new england rain here and it exits thursday into friday but that's when all the people are traveling. so we will keep an eye on it and more on the nation's weather coming up. >> ginger, i know you're excited...
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dan deming of stutland equities joins us this morning for chart talk. hi dan. what's happening with the vix? > > hey chuck. you are certainly seeing some strength there, some concerns as we roll toward the end of the year with no deal out of washington. you are seeing some vol buyers enter the market on a daily basis now. even though we have seen the market down the last five days after reaching a peak in the s&p of 1447. it is not down significantly, yet we are still seeing pretty active vol buyers, and you are seeing the vix up around that 19.5 level - it has not been there since july of this year. > we also had a quadruple witching day which has now passed. i expect that probably factored in a little bit. but do you expect less volatility now? > > actually it is hard to say. i think there are still going to be concerns as we roll in toward the beginning of the year. if there is no deal, i think you are going to continue to see vol buyers into january, because the expectations are the s&p could slip significantly if nothing gets done. we are trending right no
dan deming of stutland equities joins us this morning for chart talk. hi dan. what's happening with the vix? > > hey chuck. you are certainly seeing some strength there, some concerns as we roll toward the end of the year with no deal out of washington. you are seeing some vol buyers enter the market on a daily basis now. even though we have seen the market down the last five days after reaching a peak in the s&p of 1447. it is not down significantly, yet we are still seeing pretty...
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adam: let me bring dan back in here. dan, i want to ask you, raising taxes only raises $80 billion at best in a budget almost a trillion dollars over budget. so what do you to fix that problem? >> all we have to do to balance the budget in 10 years limit the growth of government spending so that the budget climbs by an average 2.5% a year. in my mind, this isn't about the short term because whatever speed bump we go over we're going to go over. in the long run that is what i'm worried about, how big is government? how much of our economy's resources will be diverted and consumed by government? because i don't want to become greece or france or one of these stagnant slow growth welfare states. think evidence is very clear that fiscal policy does matter for an economy's performance. doesn't mean we have a recession if taxes go up but it does mean that government will be bigger and our growth rate in the long run maybe instead of 2.7, it is 2.6. that doesn't sound like much but because of compounding it adds up. adam: dan,
adam: let me bring dan back in here. dan, i want to ask you, raising taxes only raises $80 billion at best in a budget almost a trillion dollars over budget. so what do you to fix that problem? >> all we have to do to balance the budget in 10 years limit the growth of government spending so that the budget climbs by an average 2.5% a year. in my mind, this isn't about the short term because whatever speed bump we go over we're going to go over. in the long run that is what i'm worried...
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far apart and they're both comfortable digging in their heels and saying we'll see what happen adam: dan henninger was on the varney show this morning. do you think we'll hit recession if we go over the cliff. probably not. we'll muddle along. do you want to counter your boss? >> he would no more than i do about this. i think whether it is january 1 or a few days later that's not the issue. it is does the united states take a turn toward fiscal sanity in terms of restraining spending while allowing the economy to grow and not having a tax policy that hurts it. so the deal could come at any time. if you want to be optimistic i think republicans are realizing how much leverage they have with the sequester. these are automatic spending cuts. the obama doesn't want them. this is leverage point for republicans. adam: you're an economist. we're journalists and we're only good for free drinks. are we going over the cliff? >> i think it is undeniable the economy falls into recession if we do go over the fiscal cliff. even chairman bernanke was very clear on this point telling everyone if the eco
far apart and they're both comfortable digging in their heels and saying we'll see what happen adam: dan henninger was on the varney show this morning. do you think we'll hit recession if we go over the cliff. probably not. we'll muddle along. do you want to counter your boss? >> he would no more than i do about this. i think whether it is january 1 or a few days later that's not the issue. it is does the united states take a turn toward fiscal sanity in terms of restraining spending...
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dan goes head hunting here -- canada goes head hunting in the u.s.. if we do go over the fiscal cliff get ready to pay more for something that you probably buy by the gallon. initiated. neural speeds increasing to 4g lte. brain upgrading to a quad-core processor. predictive intelligence with google now complete. introducing droid dna by htc. it's not an upgrade to your phone. it's an upgrade to yourself. ♪ ♪ >> doug: nearly 15,000 union dock work eithers from massachusetts to texas are planning a strike primarily over container royalties. federal mediators are trying to avoid the outcome but the talks broke down last week. two days to find a deal before the strike. courtesy of a truman era law involving milk. dominic di-natale on the cliff that isn't getting much attention but should. >> cow option the cliff. or at least the milk. based on the fiscal cliff as a deadline is approaching. milk cliff. part of the stalled farm bill with 35 billion in cuts. if the by doesn't make it through congress, they will be forced to boy quantity of milk under a t
dan goes head hunting here -- canada goes head hunting in the u.s.. if we do go over the fiscal cliff get ready to pay more for something that you probably buy by the gallon. initiated. neural speeds increasing to 4g lte. brain upgrading to a quad-core processor. predictive intelligence with google now complete. introducing droid dna by htc. it's not an upgrade to your phone. it's an upgrade to yourself. ♪ ♪ >> doug: nearly 15,000 union dock work eithers from massachusetts to texas...
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dan lamothe recently returned from being im bedded with marine snipers in afghanistan. thanks for joining us. >> thanks for having me. >> you reported scout snipers are frustrated with their capabilities of ammunition. what's the problem? >> they took me out for a journalist a pretty unique mission. kind of an overnight sniper mission. and their gripe is they have several rifles to choose from, and that they're sort of capability gaps in between them. 50 caliber rifle, the m-107 reaches out to 2,000-meter, 2,000 yards but not nearly as accurate. and the m-40, the kind of the typical 762 caliber rifle they have, it is accurate, but they can really only reach someone and actually knock someone down up to about 800 they said. >> right. and not get a kill which is what they're looking for. >> right. >> so what were some of the solutions that are out there that can fielded to these guys to solve their problem? >> one of the observations that they made in a position paper that they pushed their own chain of command is that this precision sniper rifle that the army and the mar
dan lamothe recently returned from being im bedded with marine snipers in afghanistan. thanks for joining us. >> thanks for having me. >> you reported scout snipers are frustrated with their capabilities of ammunition. what's the problem? >> they took me out for a journalist a pretty unique mission. kind of an overnight sniper mission. and their gripe is they have several rifles to choose from, and that they're sort of capability gaps in between them. 50 caliber rifle, the...
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dan? >> all right, brandi hitt, thank you and josh elliott from "gma" will host the parade this year. >> now to the story about -- that is giving vultures a bad name. we're calling it the real-life angry birds. why are vultures attacking cars in a famous national park? john muller has been hard on the case investigating. what is going on here? >> it is a strange one, guys. these real-life angry birds are creepy to begin with, vultures, those meat-eating birds that circle over wounded animals, they have a new item on their menu and you could be the target if you're in a car in the florida everglades. from gators to snakes, in florida's everglades you have to go in expecting some danger. the newest threat to visitors is this. >> we've had a huge increase in the numbers of black-headed vultures coming down here. >> reporter: it's a real-life game of angry birds. flocks of black vultures waiting to make a meal out of your car. >> the patron is away from vehicle, they get down quickly. these bi
dan? >> all right, brandi hitt, thank you and josh elliott from "gma" will host the parade this year. >> now to the story about -- that is giving vultures a bad name. we're calling it the real-life angry birds. why are vultures attacking cars in a famous national park? john muller has been hard on the case investigating. what is going on here? >> it is a strange one, guys. these real-life angry birds are creepy to begin with, vultures, those meat-eating birds that...
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dan kloeffler is here with the story. good morning. >> good morning to you, dan and bianna. you know like a lot of kids around the country these two boys from massachusetts are trying to pack in as much fun as they can on this holiday break, but unfortunately for them, they may have been a bit too ambitious in their search for adventure. strapped to a stretcher, wrapped tightly inside a survival suit, 12-year-old jake waterman and best friend drew covney will easily have the best what i did over christmas break story this their school. it started harmlessly enough an afternoon hike around the property behind drew's house. >> i kind of dragged him into it. we decided to go and see if we could find the end. we went deep out in the swamp and there's a lot of water out there. >> reporter: as the meandered the temperature started to drop, the sun set and the boys realized they had no idea where they were. their only hope, jake's cell phone. >> called my brother. he thought i was kidding around and thought i was just dumb because i couldn't -- i couldn't find my way home. >> repor
dan kloeffler is here with the story. good morning. >> good morning to you, dan and bianna. you know like a lot of kids around the country these two boys from massachusetts are trying to pack in as much fun as they can on this holiday break, but unfortunately for them, they may have been a bit too ambitious in their search for adventure. strapped to a stretcher, wrapped tightly inside a survival suit, 12-year-old jake waterman and best friend drew covney will easily have the best what i...
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it is a god send. >> it came from a little idea dan had on december 2. he wanted to give someone and their family a christmas gift. he put a message in a bottle with a note for whoever found it to text him. >> i flung it in the creek. >> it traveled a a few miles eventually handling in this creek. jay was back here looking for recycling bottles to trade for money. he says he has never found such a valuable bot. >> it has a note in it and it says. >> you still have it? >> yes, i carry it it. >> i asked them instead of the tickets if i could get some food. >> dan and his friends given more than just food. new shoes, warm coats and christmas party leftovers and even secured a used bicycle for jay but you someone stole it christmas night. >> a lot of the story breaks my heart. what are you going to do. all you can do is the best you you can do. >> dan needs help to get jay back on his feet. he doesn't want a handout. he wants a chance. >> it is hard for me to accept things from people because i don't call people up every time i'm hungry or do this or that. i
it is a god send. >> it came from a little idea dan had on december 2. he wanted to give someone and their family a christmas gift. he put a message in a bottle with a note for whoever found it to text him. >> i flung it in the creek. >> it traveled a a few miles eventually handling in this creek. jay was back here looking for recycling bottles to trade for money. he says he has never found such a valuable bot. >> it has a note in it and it says. >> you still have...
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dan and i were way back away from them. there was a real between us. they cannot hear what i said to him. i said, tell the s.o.b. i don't trust him. he said they would run both of us out there. his son is a very fine young man, did a wonderful job as vice chairman of this committee. we will miss the young man. how do you lose a guy like jeff cravaack? very knowledgeable, fought for everything that was right. he served with me on -- i believe we served together on the transportation committee. is lynn here yet? she is not here. brad miller of north carolina. i have learned something from him, several things. he goes back to one of the better law practices in north carolina. all my folks from cannon mills, kannapolis. you are done enough to come back. i wish you well. -- young enough to come back. i wish you well. and hansen clarke. he was a great guy. it was an honor to serve on this committee with all of you. no matter what they go to next, there will always be friends and colleagues. miss johnson, i think you again for yielding back. at this time, i w
dan and i were way back away from them. there was a real between us. they cannot hear what i said to him. i said, tell the s.o.b. i don't trust him. he said they would run both of us out there. his son is a very fine young man, did a wonderful job as vice chairman of this committee. we will miss the young man. how do you lose a guy like jeff cravaack? very knowledgeable, fought for everything that was right. he served with me on -- i believe we served together on the transportation committee....
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children hit hardest by the storm are getting a heart-warming surprise this time of christmas and, dan bowens has more from our affiliate station in new york city. >> reporter: an unexpected christmas surprise for the children of ps253 in the rockaways. >> shout it out... ♪ >> reporter: the holiday joy is deeply appreciated by the students, many with families still dealing with the aftermath of hurricane sandy. >> a lot of them have been going through a lot of difficulty, the past few weeks. trying to recover, and, you know, some apartments not having lights on. >> reporter: state senator malcolm smith playing the role of the santa and since the stormed worked with hot 97 identifying families in need. >> alisyn: this is overwhelming, i mean, your heart gets full and, a young man... santa, santa! >> reporter: helping collect most of gifts... we told you about this good samaritan and her friend last month and started their drive after noticing children's toys among the debris of the super storm. >> we are able to actually have 600 toys, donated, from different people, all over the coun
children hit hardest by the storm are getting a heart-warming surprise this time of christmas and, dan bowens has more from our affiliate station in new york city. >> reporter: an unexpected christmas surprise for the children of ps253 in the rockaways. >> shout it out... ♪ >> reporter: the holiday joy is deeply appreciated by the students, many with families still dealing with the aftermath of hurricane sandy. >> a lot of them have been going through a lot of...
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no word, dan, on when the president comes back. as the days to the cliff continue to tick off. >> the stake so high for so many people. david kerley, thank you. >>> the other big fight in washington is gun control. with the final three victims from sandy hook elementary school buried today, the national rifle association has said that the real problem isn't guns but instead violent video games, is there really a connection between virtual violence and real-world violence? abc's neal karlinsky got some answers. >> reporter: thomas pantig and stephan lloyd are typical of many in their generation. good jobs by day, obsessed with a violent, so-called first person shooter called call of duty when they get home. but is this just good fun, or is an entire generation being trained and desensitized to the act of shooting people? >> some people just go crazy. >> reporter: dr. chris ferguson has conducted a series of multiyear studies of 11-year-old to 18-year-olds to find out what violent games do to them. >> there is no evidence that exposu
no word, dan, on when the president comes back. as the days to the cliff continue to tick off. >> the stake so high for so many people. david kerley, thank you. >>> the other big fight in washington is gun control. with the final three victims from sandy hook elementary school buried today, the national rifle association has said that the real problem isn't guns but instead violent video games, is there really a connection between virtual violence and real-world violence? abc's...
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. >> yes dan. we are already seeing signs of change in the form of clouds. we will be seeing rain by tomorrow afternoon in some spots let's check out live doppler 7 hd clouds moving in and high level clouds. check out the computer animation 4:00 p.m. tomorrow. we are going to see rain in the north bay possibly snow indicated by the blue way to the north around lake couldn't and the mountains. rain snow mix certainly possible down around ukiah and 7:00 p.m. rain in the north bay around the santa cruz mountains didn't reach all areas. skirting the coast and keeping it in the north bay by 11:00 p.m. rain light to moderate intensity in the east bay. will you be able to put the umbrella away for the weekend plan and what does new year's day look like. the answers coming up. >> those are key question. subject of new year new tonigh tonight. heading that san francisco over the new year holiday you need a parking spot tough to come by in the city and there are parking app that can guide to you empty spaces but beware. that technology isn't perfect. cornell is live i
. >> yes dan. we are already seeing signs of change in the form of clouds. we will be seeing rain by tomorrow afternoon in some spots let's check out live doppler 7 hd clouds moving in and high level clouds. check out the computer animation 4:00 p.m. tomorrow. we are going to see rain in the north bay possibly snow indicated by the blue way to the north around lake couldn't and the mountains. rain snow mix certainly possible down around ukiah and 7:00 p.m. rain in the north bay around the...
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bianna and dan? >> not encouraging hearing the speaker say god only knows. david kerley, thank you. >>> this is another example of how toxic the atmosphere in washington is right now. when the head of the national rifle association called a news conference to respond to the school shootings in newtown. you can see here. he was repeatedly interrupted by protesters. and celebrities are weighing in on this issue. here's abc's pierre thomas. >> reporter: the nra's solution for the massacre at sandy hook, armed security in every school. >> the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. >> the nra has blood on its hands. >> reporter: the nra leader had barely begun when protesters blamed the powerful lobby for the nation's epidemic of gun violence. >> nra, stop killing our children. >> reporter: but the nra was defiant. after remaining silent in the wake of the worst elementary school shooting in the nation's history, wayne lapierre was on the attack, blaming others for the recent carnage. high on the list, violent video games. >> there e
bianna and dan? >> not encouraging hearing the speaker say god only knows. david kerley, thank you. >>> this is another example of how toxic the atmosphere in washington is right now. when the head of the national rifle association called a news conference to respond to the school shootings in newtown. you can see here. he was repeatedly interrupted by protesters. and celebrities are weighing in on this issue. here's abc's pierre thomas. >> reporter: the nra's solution for...
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. >> yes dan. we are already seeing signs of change in the form of clouds. we will be seeing rain by tomorrow afternoon in some spots let's check out live doppler 7 hd clouds moving in and high level clouds. check out the computer animation 4:00 p.m. tomorrow. we are going to see rain in the north bay possibly snow indicated by the blue way to the north around lake couldn't and the mountains. rain snow mix certainly possible down around ukiah and 7:00 p.m. rain in the north bay around the santa cruz mountains didn't reach all areas. skirting the coast and keeping it in the north bay by 11:00 p.m. rain light to moderate intensity in the east bay. will you be able to put the umbrella away for the weekend plan and what does new year's day look like. the answers coming up. >> those are key question. subject of new year new tonigh tonight. heading that san francisco over the new year holiday you need a parking spot tough to come by in the city and there are parking app that can guide to you empty spaces but beware. that technology isn't perfect. cornell is live i
. >> yes dan. we are already seeing signs of change in the form of clouds. we will be seeing rain by tomorrow afternoon in some spots let's check out live doppler 7 hd clouds moving in and high level clouds. check out the computer animation 4:00 p.m. tomorrow. we are going to see rain in the north bay possibly snow indicated by the blue way to the north around lake couldn't and the mountains. rain snow mix certainly possible down around ukiah and 7:00 p.m. rain in the north bay around the...
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dan and bianna? >> ginger, thank you. >>> and coming up on "gma," is britney spears about to be x'd out of "the x factor." what simon cowell reportedly doesn't like about the job he's done as a judge. >>> and is this a ploy to get out of doing chores? the 10-year-old and the washing machine and the video that's gone massively viral. keep it here. oh, you have a keurig vue brewer? oh, it's great! now i can brew my coffee just the way i love it. how do you do that? well, inside the brewer, there's this train that's powerful enough to carry more coffee and fresh water to make coffee that's stronger and bigger... and even hotter! actually, i just press this button. brew the coffee you love -- stronger, bigger, or hotter -- with the keurig vue. i honestly loved smoking, and i honestly didn't think i would ever quit. [ male announcer ] along with support, chantix is proven to help people quit smoking. it reduces the urge to smoke. it put me at ease that you could smoke on the first week. [ male announcer ]
dan and bianna? >> ginger, thank you. >>> and coming up on "gma," is britney spears about to be x'd out of "the x factor." what simon cowell reportedly doesn't like about the job he's done as a judge. >>> and is this a ploy to get out of doing chores? the 10-year-old and the washing machine and the video that's gone massively viral. keep it here. oh, you have a keurig vue brewer? oh, it's great! now i can brew my coffee just the way i love it. how do...
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dan inouye lived a long and productive life. still i speak for dan's senate family when i say we're devastated by his passing. but we will all miss him. his legacy will live in the halls of the senate and the state of hawaii as long as history is written. his place in the history books will not fade. as the second-longest serving senator in our history, senator inouye's career in congress spanned the life of hawaii's statehood, elected to the senate in 1962. only robert byrd served longer. senator inouye's tradition of service began long before he came to the united states senate. he was working as a medical volunteer when japanese warplanes attacked pearl harbor. he was just a boy, a teenager. from the time he was just a kid, he wanted to be a doctor, a medical doctor, but a different fate awaited dan inouye. after the attack, as we all know too well, japanese americans were deemed enemy aliens and were therefore not subject to the draft. in spite of that, in spite of the humiliation, more than 110,000 people of japanese ancest
dan inouye lived a long and productive life. still i speak for dan's senate family when i say we're devastated by his passing. but we will all miss him. his legacy will live in the halls of the senate and the state of hawaii as long as history is written. his place in the history books will not fade. as the second-longest serving senator in our history, senator inouye's career in congress spanned the life of hawaii's statehood, elected to the senate in 1962. only robert byrd served longer....
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that's why i say playing lieutenant dan was no coincidence. lieutenant dan talks about his destiny and what he was destined to do i think it was my destiny to support our men and women. >>> >> fox weather alert now. right now we are watching a powerful storm system out west moving east and could eventually complicate holiday travel for millions of americans. i am harris falkner. for the next 48-hours highly active weather pattern will bring fresh snow to another region. the threat of twists in some states. the weather center is here to tell us which region of the country we will face. >> we are tracking two storm systems one system out west and another one is across portions of the southeast and eventually it will move forth ward. the one southeast areas of light rain across parts of tennessee and western parts of carolinas into the northern portions of florida. areas in the northeast have temperatures holding up in some of the precipitation come in the form of snow in a nice light coding of 1-3 inches of snow forecast for tomorrow. good news
that's why i say playing lieutenant dan was no coincidence. lieutenant dan talks about his destiny and what he was destined to do i think it was my destiny to support our men and women. >>> >> fox weather alert now. right now we are watching a powerful storm system out west moving east and could eventually complicate holiday travel for millions of americans. i am harris falkner. for the next 48-hours highly active weather pattern will bring fresh snow to another region. the...
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. >> yes dan. we are already seeing signs of change in the form of clouds. we will be seeing rain by tomorrow afternoon in some spots let's check out live doppler 7 hd clouds moving in and high level clouds. check out the computer animation 4:00 p.m. tomorrow. we are going to see rain in the north bay possibly snow indicated by the blue way to the north around lake couldn't and the mountains. rain snow mix certainly possible down around ukiah and 7:00 p.m. rain in the north bay around the santa cruz mountains didn't reach all areas. skirting the coast and keeping it in the north bay by 11:00 p.m. rain light to moderate intensity in the east bay. will you be able to put the umbrella away for the weekend plan and what does new year's day look like. the answers coming up. >> those are key question. subject of new year new tonigh tonight. heading that san francisco over the new year holiday you need a parking spot tough to come by in the city and there are parking app that can guide to you empty spaces but beware. that technology isn't perfect. cornell is live i
. >> yes dan. we are already seeing signs of change in the form of clouds. we will be seeing rain by tomorrow afternoon in some spots let's check out live doppler 7 hd clouds moving in and high level clouds. check out the computer animation 4:00 p.m. tomorrow. we are going to see rain in the north bay possibly snow indicated by the blue way to the north around lake couldn't and the mountains. rain snow mix certainly possible down around ukiah and 7:00 p.m. rain in the north bay around the...
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dan inouye had a profound impact in so many lives, including nine. his extraordinary accomplishments are the stuff of legend. battle tested in world war ii, despite severe winds prevailed in combat, recipients of our nation's highest award for valor, the medal of honor. distinguished senator from hawaii, president pro tem of the senate. his life also exemplified the qualities most revered by his community. humility, respect for others, standing on principles that matter. all a common service to community, a modest man who has asserted in doing what was straight. when america was plunged into the crucible of world war ii, nowhere was the attack on pearl harbor mark keenly felt than in the japanese-american community. it's difficult today to recall the full intensity of fear, confusion, suspicion, a recrimination, even hatred that emerged in the days and weeks and months following the surprise attack 71 years ago. despite the clear injustice and addicting and relocating so many of the japanese community from the second generation americans and history
dan inouye had a profound impact in so many lives, including nine. his extraordinary accomplishments are the stuff of legend. battle tested in world war ii, despite severe winds prevailed in combat, recipients of our nation's highest award for valor, the medal of honor. distinguished senator from hawaii, president pro tem of the senate. his life also exemplified the qualities most revered by his community. humility, respect for others, standing on principles that matter. all a common service to...
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hit me on twitter at dan b harris. what to buy for the person who has everything? how about this, a jet pack, $100,000. axiron, the only underarm treatment for low t, can restore testosterone levels back to normal in most men. axiron is not for use in women or anyone younger than 18. axiron can transfer to others through direct contact. women, especially those who are or who may become pregnant, and children should avoid contact where axiron is applied as unexpected signs of puberty in children or changes in body hair or increased acne in women may occur. report these signs and symptoms to your doctor if they occur. tell your doctor about all medical conditions and medications. do not use if you have prostate or breast cancer. serious side effects could include increased risk of prostate cancer; worsening prostate symptoms; decreased sperm count; ankle, feet, or body swelling; enlarged or painful breasts; problems breathing while sleeping; and blood clots in the legs. common side effects include skin redness or irritation where applied, increased red blood cell cou
hit me on twitter at dan b harris. what to buy for the person who has everything? how about this, a jet pack, $100,000. axiron, the only underarm treatment for low t, can restore testosterone levels back to normal in most men. axiron is not for use in women or anyone younger than 18. axiron can transfer to others through direct contact. women, especially those who are or who may become pregnant, and children should avoid contact where axiron is applied as unexpected signs of puberty in children...
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but dan inouye did all this and more. those of us who knew him can be grateful for so many and peered for hillary and me he was first and foremost a friend, an adviser, something that both of us will cherish forever. i thought i knew it's a bit about hawaii when i had carried this state twice then i went back when they instead you know know, you haven't paid enough attention to the okinawans. they have a very distinct community here. and i said well senator, what do you think i should do about it? he says and no church and i do about it. there have been a festival today and you are going into ours. [laughter] and i did. when hillary became a senator, he was so helpful to her in trying to be a responsible member of the armed services committee because of the concern they had for national defense. i never will forget it. and then he didn't care whether the sun was shining for this storm was raging. he didn't care if you're up or down or sideways. he was just there. it is almost impossible now to find someone who makes a lif
but dan inouye did all this and more. those of us who knew him can be grateful for so many and peered for hillary and me he was first and foremost a friend, an adviser, something that both of us will cherish forever. i thought i knew it's a bit about hawaii when i had carried this state twice then i went back when they instead you know know, you haven't paid enough attention to the okinawans. they have a very distinct community here. and i said well senator, what do you think i should do about...
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dan harris, abc news, new york. >> give it some gas, dan. give it some gas. >> the jet pack looks cool. we can all agree on that. the hen house, come on, now. >> you gave it a little gas to get up higher. >> thots how i get home from work every day. just float down central park west and i'm back home just like that. that looks like a good gift because that's something if you have that kind of money you can get into, you know what i mean? >> until you crash it. >> i don't have that kind of money. i need to borrow some from you, willis. merry christmas, everybody. >>> this is abc's "world news now" informing insomniacs for two decades. >>> making news in america this morning -- travel troubles on this christmas eve. >> millions of travelers are facing cancellation, delays, and the inevitable headaches with severe water stretching from coast to coast this morning. >>> little time left to get your christmas shopping done, that is. a necessity for some. a way of lifer for others. the deals are out there waiting. >>> also this morning, the nationa
dan harris, abc news, new york. >> give it some gas, dan. give it some gas. >> the jet pack looks cool. we can all agree on that. the hen house, come on, now. >> you gave it a little gas to get up higher. >> thots how i get home from work every day. just float down central park west and i'm back home just like that. that looks like a good gift because that's something if you have that kind of money you can get into, you know what i mean? >> until you crash it....
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dan. >> thanks a lot. more rain on the way today dry weather provided much needed opportunity for work crews around the bay area and in the north bay specifically to get ready for the next wave. 7 news has look at the preparation. >>reporter: heavy duty vacuum cleaning on the hillside of san rafael today. public work crew made the rounds getting rid of debris from drainage pipe that carry storm water to the lower level of the city. trying to prevent a large back that up could unleash a torrent of potentially destructive water. >> more than anything we have seen in the last 15 years. saturation levels in the hillside creating a lot of flow throughout the lower levels. >>reporter: nearby there has been a nagging flow of water through frank hererra sky light into the kitchen. >> call the contractor hope to get him over here next day to see what he has to say and hopefully they can order up a new part. the tarp is coming. before the next storm definitely. >>reporter: only kern boulevard they scrape out junk an
dan. >> thanks a lot. more rain on the way today dry weather provided much needed opportunity for work crews around the bay area and in the north bay specifically to get ready for the next wave. 7 news has look at the preparation. >>reporter: heavy duty vacuum cleaning on the hillside of san rafael today. public work crew made the rounds getting rid of debris from drainage pipe that carry storm water to the lower level of the city. trying to prevent a large back that up could...
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dan, thanks very much. >> thanks for having me. jon: so as we count down to those year-end tax hikes and spending cuts that will affect the lives of virtually every single american, why one key republican lawmaker says his party is not even trying to solve the fiscal cliff crisis and why he thinks that may be a good thing. interesting take coming up. >>> plus, russian president vladmir putin, have you heard what he did? taking aim at americans who hope to adopt russian children. what's behind this controversial move? a live report next. jon: right now syria's opposition leader is rejecting an invitation for peace talks as the violence escalates. the country's ally, russia, is inviting the leader of syria's opposition to visit moskow for the first time but that offer turned down. some interesting developments here. let's get them from leland vittert live in our mideast bureau. leland? >> reporter: jon, no one really views russia as an honest broker here especially the rebels who for so long seen russia side with pat assad in this co
dan, thanks very much. >> thanks for having me. jon: so as we count down to those year-end tax hikes and spending cuts that will affect the lives of virtually every single american, why one key republican lawmaker says his party is not even trying to solve the fiscal cliff crisis and why he thinks that may be a good thing. interesting take coming up. >>> plus, russian president vladmir putin, have you heard what he did? taking aim at americans who hope to adopt russian children....